TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding to the crisis of firearm violence in the united states : Comment on “firearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the united states”
AU - Wintemute GJ
Y1 - 2013/05/13
N1 - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1292
JO - JAMA Internal Medicine
SP - 740
EP - 740
VL - 173
IS - 9
N2 -
The United States has belatedly awakened to the knowledge that it is, in effect, under armed attack. More than 30 000 people are purposely shot to death each year—more than 300 000 since the World Trade Center was destroyed in 2001. Rates of firearm-related violent crime have increased 26% since 2008.1 Physicians have joined others in demanding a strong response to this crisis. We look to scientific research to provide the evidence on which that response should be based. Such evidence should include a thorough exploration of risk and protective factors and, most importantly, controlled studies showing which interventions work to reduce firearm violence and why.
SN - 2168-6106
M3 - doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1292
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1292
ER -